Jun 8, 2022
End the day with some me time and… of course .. a new book. It's bad if you're a book collector, that doesn't stop… not even with this kind of books… it’s not fair … ;)).
Which is your favorite book?
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End the day with some me time and… of course .. a new book. It's bad if you're a book collector, that doesn't stop… not even with this kind of books… it’s not fair … ;)).
Which is your favorite book?
*June 13, 2022 (Day 3)*
Today I learned:
Die Monate / Month’s /月份/ yuè fèn
(German, English, Chinese, Pinyin)
Januar -> January -> 一月 -> yī yuè
Februar -> February -> 二月 -> èr yuè
März -> March -> 三月 -> sān yuè
April -> April -> 四月 -> sì yuè
Mai -> May -> 五月 -> wǔ yuè
Juni -> June -> 六月 -> liù yuè
July -> July -> 七月 -> qī yuè
August -> August -> 八月 -> bā yuè
September -> September -> 九月 -> jiǔ yuè
Oktober -> October -> 十月 -> shiyuè
November -> November -> 十一月 -> shí yī yuè
Dezember -> December -> 十二月 -> shí èr yuè
In this context I found out this new sentence:
我的生日是五月四日。
wǒ de shēng rì shì wǔ yuè sì rì。
Mein Geburtstag ist am 4. Mai.
My birthday is on the 4th of May. … may the fourth be with you 🖖🏽 ;-).
Do you know what ”Starwars-Day” is called in Chinese? Please let me know. 谢谢。😊
New Vocabulary:
我的 -> wǒ de -> mine, me -> meins, ich
生日 -> shēng rì -> birthday -> Geburtstag
日 -> day (even: Japan/japanese) -> Tag (auch: Japan/japanisch)
New Phrases:
我不知道 🤷🏻♀️-> wǒ bù zhī dao -> I don’t know -> Ich weiß nicht, keine Ahnung
怎么啦？ -> zěn me la? -> What’s happened? -> Was ist los?
Wish you all a successful day. Happy Learning!
You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.
Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
June 14, 2022
Yesterday I repeated the Chapter 5 of my textbook and finished the tasks in the associated exercise book. Amazingly easy as pie! I'm really happy that I'm developing a certain routine and that it's easier to remember.
The following phases are new and hopefully planted in my brain forever ;):
(Chinese, Pinyin, English, German)
请问您贵姓? -> qǐng wèn nǐ guì xìng? -> May I ask what’s your name? -> Darf ich fragen wie Ihr Name ist?
对不起 -> duì bu qǐ -> Sorry! -> Entschuldigung
没关纱 -> méi guān xi -> It‘s okay -> Das macht nichts
No new vocabulary today!
Happy Learning! 😊
June 12, 2022 (Day 2)
Yesterday I repeated a chapter from my textbook from last week. It included the following vocabulary:
我叫 -> wǒ jiào -> my name is
请问 -> qǐng wèn -> may I ask
什么 -> shén me -> what
你/new: 您 -> nǐ / new: nín -> you / german: Du / Sie
贵 -> guì -> expensive
姓 -> xìng -> surname
先 -> xiān -> first
生 -> shēng -> give birth
先生 -> xiān shēng -> Mister
女士 -> nǚ shì -> Madam
小姐 -> xiāo jie -> Miss (german: Fräulein)
New phrases:
你在哪？-> Nǐ zài nǎ? -> Where are you?
你还好吗？-> Nǐ hái hǎo ma? -> Are you okay?
胡说 -> hú shuō -> Nonsense!
Summary of the day:
For the first time I had the feeling that I could read all sentences for practice without much effort. That makes me really smile :-).
Happy learning and I wish you an exciting week!
June 11, 2022 (Day 1)
Yesterday I read a tumblr post which recommended to write a diary of your study steps. I think this fits well for my self studying bc sometimes I wonder if I‘m making any progress at all. I don't know if I can do it every day but for now it is a great thing to write down the most important new things I learned the day before.
Fun fact: I also noticed that it is not easy to write the Chinese characters with a normal keyboard :-). So I used my smartphone with diverse keyboards, its very simple now but a little bit time consuming. Additionally there are a lot of tones signs which should be also shown if you write in Pinyin too. First I want to use the numeric technique which I found in diverse sources in the internet. This technique is used to indicate which of the 4 tones is being used and indicated each tone with a specific number:
tone = (1) example -> yi (1)
tone = (2) -> yan (2)
tone = (3) -> ni (3)
tone = (4) -> shi (4)
Luckily I found a “Pinyin Typist” App in my AppStore. This is surely more comfortable. I love the intenet, yesss.
But important is I learned something new! ;-)
These are the results from the German Jury…. No! Wait… wrong… (I am a self-confessed fan of the ESC. You didn't even notice, did you?..)
THESE are the result of my yesterday’s study:
Radical 一
used in
一 yī (1 stroke) -> one
一年 yī nián -> one year
一月yī yuè -> January
二 èr (2 strokes) -> two
二年 èr nián -> two years
二月 èr yuè -> February
三 sān (3 strokes) -> three
三年 sān nián -> three years
三月 sān yuè -> March
I always watch a lot of short insta videos daily. I have a handful of people which I follow. They present nice and helpful little videos with new vocabulary or phrases.
Here are my latest phrases which I learned yesterday. I'm waiting for the day when I can use them ;):
(If you want to know which “老师 I recommend please DM me.)
1.
太离谱拉。-> Tài lì pǔ la
-> Its going to far!
2.
不关你的事。-> Bù guán nǐ de shì
-> Non of your business!
3.
请问你叫什么？-> Qǐng wèn nǐ jiào shèn me?
-> May I ask your name?
That’s all for today. May see you soon! Happy learning!
My epiphany of the day:
Since I learned Chinese, the good old eraser has been my best friend!
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